Ryuhei Matsuda

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Ryuhei Matsuda
松田 龍平
Suginami, Tokyo
, Japan
OccupationActor
Years active1999–present
Spouses
(m. 2009; div. 2017)
Mala Morgan
(m. 2021)
Children1
Websitewww.office-saku.com/artists/ryuhei_matsuda.html

Ryuhei Matsuda (松田 龍平, Matsuda Ryūhei, born 9 May 1983) is a Japanese film and television actor. Matsuda's best known film roles include the young and desirable samurai Sōzaburō Kanō in

Taboo and the rock star Ren Honjo in Nana
.

Early life

Matsuda was born on 9 May 1983 in Tokyo, to

née Kumagai), a Japanese actress. He has two younger siblings, a younger brother, Shota Matsuda, and a younger sister by his parents' marriage and one older half-sister by his father's first marriage. His father died from bladder cancer in 1989, when Ryuhei was six years old.[2] He attended Horikoshi High School, a Japanese high school that caters to celebrity students, but did not graduate.[3]

Career

At age 15, Matsuda was offered the role of the desirable young

Taboo. The role helped boost him from an entirely unknown actor to a film star, earning him a Japanese Academy award "Newcomer of the Year", as well as "Blue Ribbon", "Kinema Junpo", and "Yokohama Film Festival" Awards for the "Best New Actor".[citation needed
]

Since appearing in Taboo, Matsuda has played a wide range of roles, from the high school student Kujo in the 2001 film

In 2020 portrayed Ryūnosuke Akutagawa in the film A Stranger in Shanghai. It depicts Akutagawa's time in as a reporter in the city.[5]

Personal life

On 11 January 2009, Matsuda married Rina Ōta (太田 莉菜, Ōta Rina), a Russian-Japanese model.[6] Their first child, a girl, was born on 4 July 2009.[6] They divorced in December 2017.[7]

On 20 October 2021, Matsuda married Mala Morgan (モーガン茉愛羅, Mōgan Maara), a British-Japanese model.[8]

Filmography

Films

TV dramas

  • San Oku-Yen Jiken (2000) - Roku
  • Hagetaka (2007) - Osamu Nishino
  • Ashita no Kita Yoshio (2008) - Heita Yashiro
  • Tenchijin (2009) - Date Masamune
  • Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi (2013) - Haruhiko Gyōten
  • Amachan (2013) - Takuma Mizuguchi
  • Quartet (2017) - Tsukasa Beppu
  • Kurara: Hokusai no Musume (2017) - Zenjirō
  • Kemono ni Narenai Watashitachi (2018) - Kosei Nemoto
  • Smoking (2018) - Masayuki Sakakibara
  • Yuganda Hamon (2019) - Masahiko Sawamura
  • Idaten (2019) - Kenzō Tange
  • A Stranger in Shanghai (2019) - Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
  • Okehazama (2021) - Shibata Katsuie[18]
  • My Dear Exes (2021) - Hassaku Tanaka
  • Uzukawamura Jiken (2022) - Iwamori[19]

Awards

Matsuda won a Japanese Academy Award for the "Best Supporting Actor" in the 2011 film

Tantei wa Bar ni Iru,[20] and Nikkan Sports Film Award for the "Best Actor" in the 2013 film The Great Passage.[21]

References

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  2. ^ Yusaku Matsuda. Nipponcinema.com. Retrieved on 2010-10-26.
  3. ^ Ryuhei Matsuda. Nipponcinema.com. Retrieved on 2010-10-26.
  4. ^ "Matsuda Ryuhei, Endo Kenichi and Kitamura Kazuki Joining THE RAID 2: BERANDAL | Twitch". Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  5. ^ World-Japan, Nhk (3 December 2019). "A Stranger in Shanghai, Dramatic Film that Captures Tumult of 1920's Shanghai, Makes International Broadcast Premiere on NHK WORLD-JAPAN December 27, 28". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b First child for Ryuhei Matsuda, Lina Ohta. Tokyograph. Retrieved on 2010-10-26.
  7. ^ "Matsuda Ryuhei & Ohta Rina reported to be getting a divorce". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  8. ^ "松田龍平、モーガン茉愛羅と結婚 妊娠中で来春出産予定 交際3年半 - 結婚・熱愛 : 日刊スポーツ". nikkansports.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  9. ^ Tom Mes (4 September 2003). "9 Souls". Midnight Eye.
  10. ^ 映画「長州ファイブ -CHOSYU Five-」ウェブサイト. Chosyufive-movie.com. Retrieved on 2010-10-26.
  11. ^ 世界はときどき美しい Archived 17 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Sekaihatokidoki.com. Retrieved on 2010-10-26.
  12. ^ yakiniku-movie.com Archived 22 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine. yakiniku-movie.com. Retrieved on 2010-10-26.
  13. ^ 恋するマドリ. Koisurumadori.com. Retrieved on 2010-10-26.
  14. ^ アヒルと鴨のコインロッカー. Ahiru-kamo.jp (23 June 2007).
  15. ^ "吉岡里帆、鈴木福、満島真之介ら映画『ゾッキ』に豪華キャスト18名". Cinematoday. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  16. ^ "HAF reveals 15 Work-in-Progress projects for 2023 edition". Screen Daily. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  17. ^ "次元を超える TRANSCENDING DIMENSIONS". eiga.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  18. ^ "市川海老蔵主演「桶狭間」緊急放送決定 映像作品で親子初共演も". Sankei Shimbun. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  19. ^ "松田龍平主演ドラマ「鵜頭川村事件」に蓮佛美沙子、伊武雅刀、工藤阿須加、山田杏奈ら". Natalie. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  20. ^ Asianfanatics[usurped]
  21. ^ Ma, Kevin. "Great Passage tops 38th Hochi Film Awards". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

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